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Paris, Croix-Rouge Française, 1935. Société de Secours aux Blessés Militaires. Un volume broché de format petit in 8° de 128 pp., 21 gravures, une cartonette d'instructions spéciales concernant les gazés jointe. Couverture grise imprimée. Bel état de fraîcheur.
Au sommaire: "La transparence et la mémoire - Les Soviétiques à la recherche de leur passé" par Nicolas WERTH, "Les trajectoires territoriales du sionisme" par Alain DIECKHOFF, "1942: le Comité International de la Croix-Rouge, les déportations et les camps" par Jean-Claude FAVEZ, "André Tardieu et la crise du constitutionnalisme libéral (1933-1934)" par Nicolas ROUSSELIER; Dossier "Penser le fascisme": "Giovanni Gentile, philosophe du fascisme" par Sergio ROMANO, "Luigi Sturzo et la critique de l'Etat totalitaire" par Jean-Luc POUTHIER, "Renzo De Felice et l'histoire du fascisme" par Didier MUSIEDLAK; et divers. Français
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published to commemorate 125 years of the British Red Cross.
Oversize. 246 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
in-4° 128 pages, abdt ill. in-t. n./coul., fac-simil., rel. cartonnage ill. plast. Bel exemplaire. [VU-7] [F]
GENEVE, Ligue des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge - 1951 - Tiré à part du Bulletin international d'Hygiène - In-4 - Broché - Couverture rempliée illustrée en couleurs (léger manque en pied), désolidarisée - 36 pages - Intérieur très propre
grand in-8°, 200 pp., nombreuses illustrations n&b et couleurs, cartes, broche, couv.. Bel exemplaire. [GD8-3]
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a portrait frontispiece, small contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue ribbed cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, blue top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. Wide-ranging account of the author's work with the Swedish Red Cross during WWII. Uncommon in this condition. Enser, p. 361.
4to., First Edition, with 4 coloured plates, 8 plates in sepia and 10 monochrome illustrations in the text; original series binding of pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at backstrip. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. Published in Collins' well-known 'Britain in Pictures' series. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Carney 74.
8vo., First UK Edition, wanting front free endpaper, neat contemporary signature on half-title, rear free endpaper lightly browned, fore-edges lightly spotted; original decorative red cloth gilt, gilt back, a very good, tight, clean copy. The British edition of this scarce title
374p. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Folding map front endpapers. Photograph rear endpapers. XLib. Small folio. Original full cloth backed glossy paper binding, worn at extremities. Comprehensive photographic study of business, labor, economics, etc. in the World War Two, and post-War era. WWII 2
255p. + Plus portrait frontis, illustrations and colored plates by Dulac and other artists. Inked ownership of Mrs. Truesdale. 4to. Original full cloth binding, damp stained around edges not effecting text. Original dust jacket, worn, torn with loss. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! WWI 9
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
198 pages. Substantial World War II influence to this issue i.e. relieving shortages, writing to servicemen, Civil Air Patrol, Red Cross, students in uniform, and more. Extensively autographed. Average wear. Binding intact. Spine leaning. A sound copy. Book
Features: Title page illustration of British soldiers in a captured German "Communication-Trench" beneath the Hooge-Menin Road; The Merchant Seaman's Badge of Honour (article); Red Cross Pearls - A Meditation (article); The Herb Garden - Homely Plants (article); One-page illustration of the destruction of Captain Baron Von Richthofen; Two photos of German planes brought down over London; Photos of The Countess Markievicz, Novelist Darrell Figgis, Joseph McGuinness, Count Plunkett, Edmund De Valera, John McGarry, Dr. Thomas Dillon, William Cosgrave, Lord Glenconner, The Duke of Atholl, and Lady Glenconner; Photos of large allied bombers as they prepare to strike Cologne and Western Germany; G.K. Chesterton discusses translations of the words of the German Emperor - who can speak and write English; Grounding the Flying Services (article); Photo of British airmen inspecting a captured German "Kamerad"; One-page detailed illustrated explanation of the British food control organisation/The machinery of Meat Supply; From Field to Kitchen - Fascinating one-page illustration with text explains the controlled distribution of meat in Britain; One-page illustration of a French armoured car, out of ammunition, driving through a crowd of German soldiers; Wonderful centrefold illustration of a sky full of fighting German and British planes; Article on how wartime food rationing has forced some knowledge of chemistry onto people; One-page illustration inside the newly opened Chapel at Hampton Court; Roll of Honour - photos of 18 officers, including Capt. R.P.L. Dallas, M.C., KIA; Front and back photos of members of the American Expeditionary Force in France with captured German flame-throwers; Photo of W.A.A.C.'s playing basket ball with convalescing Tommies in France; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
Features: Title page illustration of nocturnal Western Front troop movement; Two-page photo spread illustrates British and French troops, women's work, the knighting of Lieut.-General Alexander Cobbe, V.C., and Sir Edward Ward shaking hands with Inspector Ernest Wild, K.C.; Mastering the Submarine (article); The Meaning of 'Here's a Ho' (article); Youth in the Air Force (article); Half-page map of the new German offensive near Soissons and Reims; G.K. Chesterton discusses German public pronouncements; Five fascinating photos on one page illustrate how Paris is warned of air raids by the new alarm sirens - the six-horn siren, the hand-powered siren, a twin-horn siren powered by compressed air, and a six-horn siren also powered by compressed air; The Mastery in the Air (article); Page of seven photos entitled "The Kite-Balloon Observer's 'Life-Belt' - Parachutes in War; One-page aerial photo above Zeebrugge shows block ships and shell holes from a recent raid; One-page aerial photo shows the Bruges Canal sealed and U-boats and German craft imprisoned; Illustrated article on whale-meat as food; Roll of Honour - page of photos of 18 officers who were awarded or killed in action; Centrefold illustration of the first battle between British and German tanks on the Western Front; One-page illustration of the successful new 'Whippet' tanks dispersing a German brigade; Aerial photo of Red Cross painted onto the roof of a hangar at a German Aerodrome; One-page of illustrations of fancy jewelery to be offered in the Children's Jewel Fund Sale. Half-page panoramic map of the district between Locre and Voormezeele where French troops were attacked. 32 pages including ten pages of fabulous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. In particular, the back cover ad for Gentlemen's Spring Suits offered by Chas. Baker & Co's is simply marvelous. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
